Cake Mortgage · Pennsylvania · 2025

Cake Mortgage in Pennsylvania: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Cake Mortgage took 25 mortgage applications in Pennsylvania in 2025, ranking #578 of 1,114 lenders active in the state. It originated 56.0% of them and denied 8.0% (12.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

25Applicationsin PA
12.5%Decision denial ratestate 22.2%
7.88%Median ratestate 6.63%
$225,000Median loanstate $155,000
$8.1MVolume14 counties

Cake Mortgage in Pennsylvania vs the state

8.0%Denial rate-10.29 pts vs state
12.5%Decision denial rate-9.71 pts vs state
56.0%Origination rate-4.96 pts vs state
7.88%Median rate+1.25 pts vs state
1.32Rate spread (pts)+1.09 pts vs state
$114kMedian applicant income
14Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in Pennsylvania

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202310320.0%7.13%#712
20242184.8%7.81%#607
202525148.0%7.88%#578

What Cake Mortgage lends in Pennsylvania

By loan purpose

Home purchase 18 72% · 11.1% denied
Refinance 2 8% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 5 20% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 24 96% · 4.2% denied
FHA 1 4% · 100.0% denied

Why it denied Pennsylvania applicants

Other 2 100%

Where in Pennsylvania

Counties with the most Cake Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Allegheny County 630 0.0%
Philadelphia County 410 0.0%
Butler County 211 50.0%
Bucks County 220 0.0%
Fayette County 210 0.0%
Delaware County 100 0.0%
Adams County 110 0.0%
Armstrong County 110 0.0%
Lehigh County 110 0.0%
Clearfield County 101 100.0%

Other large lenders in Pennsylvania

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 22,41118.6%6.75%
Citizens BankC 18,25628.1%7.65%
PNC BankD 18,03120.6%6.88%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 13,17813.4%6.47%
Crosscountry MortgageB 11,6153.3%6.63%
Members 1stB 10,86330.9%1.99%
First National Bank of PennsylvaniaB 9,54227.8%6.49%
Police & FireC 8,46034.6%6.25%
PENNSYLVANIA STATE EMPLOYEES Credit UnionC 8,30813.7%6.64%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 7,90012.6%6.50%

Frequently asked questions

Pennsylvania: 25 applications in 2025, of which 14 were originated and 2 denied.

8.0% of all applications, or 12.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Pennsylvania statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Cake Mortgage originated in Pennsylvania in 2025 was 7.88%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Cake Mortgage's own HMDA filing for properties located in Pennsylvania, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology